What Does The Bible Say About?

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Ephesians 6:4

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Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Proverbs 22:6

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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Psalm 103:13

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As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

Colossians 3:21

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Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

Proverbs 23:24

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The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Psalm 127:3-5

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Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.

1 John 3:1

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Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

Luke 11:11-12

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What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Joshua 24:15

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But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

Titus 2:1-15

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But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine. Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance. Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited. . . .

Proverbs 3:11-12

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My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 15:11-32

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Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. . . .

Proverbs 23:22

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Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Psalm 23:1-6

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A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. . . .

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

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Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. . . .

Matthew 6:33

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But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Proverbs 14:26

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He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Proverbs 3:1-12

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My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; . . .

Proverbs 20:7

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The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.

Malachi 4:6

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And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

Hebrews 12:7

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Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

Joshua 1:9

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Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Exodus 20:12

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Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12

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For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children— encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

Matthew 7:9-11

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Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

2 Corinthians 6:18

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And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Luke 15:20

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So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

Matthew 7:11

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So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Deuteronomy 6:6-9

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These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Proverbs 3:12

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for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

Genesis 2:24

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For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

1 Corinthians 16:13

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Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

Proverbs 17:6

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Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.

Deuteronomy 1:29-31

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So I said to you: “Do not be terrified or afraid of them! The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”

Romans 8:15

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For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Isaiah 64:8

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But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

Proverbs 13:22

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A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

1 Timothy 5:8

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If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Deuteronomy 6:5

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And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Matthew 23:9

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And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Matthew 6:26

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Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

3 John 1:4

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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Exodus 34:6-7

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Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Proverbs 1:8

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Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

Colossians 3:20

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Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Proverbs 10:1

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The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Proverbs 13:24

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He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Ephesians 1:3

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

John 14:2

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In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

Proverbs 10:9

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He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

Proverbs 17:27

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A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.

Proverbs 3:11

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My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;

Psalm 68:5

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A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.

James 1:17

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Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

Luke 11:13

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So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

1 Peter 3:7

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Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Genesis 18:19

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For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

John 14:6

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7

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These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

John 15:8

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This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.

1 Corinthians 8:6

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yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

Hebrews 12:11

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No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.

Psalm 127:3

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Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

Romans 12:1-2

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Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Isaiah 40:30-31

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Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Leviticus 19:3

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Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

Proverbs 19:18

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Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

1 Chronicles 29:17

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I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

Ephesians 4:6

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one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Luke 11:11-16

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What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed, but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.” . . .

Luke 12:32

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Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

Matthew 3:7-17

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But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. . . .

Revelation 1:1

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Ephesians 6:2

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“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Matthew 5:16

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In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Proverbs 3:32

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for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Psalm 103:12

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As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Proverbs 15:20

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A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

1 Chronicles 16:11

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Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Psalm 103:1-22

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Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion, who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. . . .

John 16:21

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A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

Matthew 10:29-31

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Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Ephesians 5:25-33

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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. . . .

1 John 2:15

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Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Matthew 5:48

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Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Proverbs 30:17

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As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

Romans 8:32

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He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

Ephesians 6:1

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Ephesians 6:1-3

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Isaiah 9:6

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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Matthew 7:9

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Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

1 Thessalonians 2:11

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For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—

Mark 14:36

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“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”

Proverbs 3:2

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for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

John 14:16

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And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—

Ephesians 6:1-4

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Matthew 6:34

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Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

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